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A44019 Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury containing I. Behemoth, the history of the causes of the civil wars of England, from 1640 to 1660, printed from the author's own copy never printed (but with a thousand faults) before, II. An answer to Arch-bishop Bramhall's book called the catching of the Leviathan, never before printed, III. An historical narration of heresie and the punishment thereof, corrected by the true copy, IV. Philosophical problems dedicated to the King in 1662, but never printed before.; Selections. 1682 Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. 1682 (1682) Wing H2265; ESTC R19913 258,262 615

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the_o pulpit_n be_v not_o common-prayer_n there_o be_v then_o no_o church_n in_o england_n that_o any_o man_n live_v be_v bind_v to_o obey_v what_o i_o write_v here_o at_o this_o present_a time_n i_o be_o force_v to_o in_o my_o defence_n not_o against_o the_o church_n but_o against_o the_o accusation_n and_o argument_n of_o my_o adversary_n for_o the_o church_n though_o it_o excommunicate_v for_o scandalous_a life_n and_o for_o teach_v false_a doctrine_n yet_o it_o profess_v to_o impose_v nothing_o to_o be_v hold_v as_o faith_n but_o what_o may_v be_v warrant_v by_o scripture_n and_o this_o the_o church_n itself_o say_v in_o the_o 20_o of_o the_o 39_o article_n of_o religion_n and_o therefore_o i_o be_o permit_v to_o allege_v scripture_n at_o any_o time_n in_o the_o defence_n of_o my_o belief_n j._n d._n but_o they_o that_o in_o one_o case_n be_v grieve_v in_o another_o must_v be_v relieve_v if_o perchance_o t._n h._n have_v give_v his_o disciple_n any_o discontent_n in_o his_o 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god_n in_o which_o sense_n the_o devil_n be_v but_o wicked_a man_n the_o other_o sort_n of_o devil_n be_v call_v in_o the_o scripture_n daemonia_fw-la which_o be_v the_o feign_a god_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o be_v neither_o body_n nor_o spiritual_a substance_n but_o mere_a fancy_n and_o fiction_n of_o terrify_a heart_n feign_v by_o the_o greek_n and_o other_o heathen_a people_n which_o st._n paul_n call_v nothing_o so_o t.h._n have_v kill_v the_o great_a infernal_a devil_n and_o all_o his_o black_a angel_n and_o leave_v no_o devil_n to_o be_v fear_v but_o devil_n incarnate_a that_o be_v wicked_a man_n t._n h._n as_o for_o the_o first_o word_n cite_v levi._n page_n 38_o 39_o i_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o the_o place_n itself_o and_o for_o the_o word_n concern_v satan_n i_o leave_v they_o to_o the_o judgement_n of_o the_o learned_a j._n d._n and_o for_o hell_n he_o describe_v the_o kingdom_n of_o satan_n or_o the_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n to_o be_v a_o confederacy_n of_o deceiver_n he_o tell_v we_o that_o the_o place_n which_o set_v forth_o the_o torment_n of_o hell_n in_o holy_a scripture_n do_v design_n metaphorical_o a_o grief_n and_o discontent_n of_o mind_n from_o the_o sight_n of_o that_o eternal_a felicity_n in_o other_o which_o they_o themselves_o through_o their_o own_o incredulity_n and_o disobedience_n have_v lose_v as_o if_o metaphorical_a description_n do_v not_o bear_v sad_a truth_n in_o they_o as_o well_o as_o literal_a as_o if_o final_a desperation_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o little_a fit_a of_o grief_n or_o discontent_n and_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n be_v no_o more_o than_o a_o transitory_a passion_n as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o loss_n so_o easy_o to_o be_v bear_v to_o be_v deprive_v for_o evermore_o of_o the_o beatifical_a vision_n and_o last_o as_o if_o the_o damn_a beside_o that_o unspeakable_a loss_n do_v not_o likewise_o suffer_v actual_a torment_n proportionable_a in_o some_o measure_n to_o their_o own_o sin_n and_o god_n justice_n t._n h._n that_o metaphor_n bear_v sad_a truth_n in_o they_o i_o deny_v not_o it_o be_v a_o sad_a thing_n to_o lose_v this_o present_a life_n untimely_a be_v it_o not_o therefore_o much_o more_o a_o sad_a thing_n to_o lose_v a_o eternal_a happy_a life_n and_o i_o believe_v that_o he_o which_o will_v venture_v upon_o sin_n with_o such_o danger_n will_v not_o stick_v to_o do_v the_o same_o notwithstanding_o the_o doctrine_n of_o eternal_a torture_n be_v it_o not_o also_o a_o sad_a truth_n that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o darkness_n shall_v be_v a_o confederacy_n of_o deceiver_n j._n d._n last_o for_o the_o damn_a spirit_n he_o declare_v himself_o every_o where_o that_o their_o suffering_n be_v not_o eternal_a the_o fire_n shall_v be_v unquenchable_a and_o the_o torment_v everlasting_a but_o it_o can_v be_v thence_o infer_v that_o he_o who_o shall_v be_v cast_v into_o that_o fire_n or_o be_v torment_v with_o those_o torment_n shall_v endure_v and_o resist_v they_o so_o as_o to_o be_v eternal_o burn_v and_o torture_v and_o yet_o never_o be_v destroy_v nor_o die_v and_o though_o there_o be_v many_o place_n that_o affirm_v everlasting_a fire_n into_o which_o man_n may_v be_v cast_v successivy_o one_o after_o another_o for_o ever_o yet_o i_o find_v none_o that_o affirm_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o everlasting_a life_n therein_o of_o any_o individual_a person_n if_o he_o have_v say_v and_o say_v only_o that_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o damn_a may_v be_v lessen_v as_o to_o the_o degree_n of_o they_o or_o that_o they_o endure_v not_o for_o ever_o but_o that_o after_o they_o be_v purge_v by_o long_a torment_n from_o their_o dross_n and_o corruption_n as_o gold_n in_o the_o fire_n both_o the_o damn_a spirit_n and_o the_o devil_n themselves_o shall_v be_v restore_v to_o a_o better_a